2025 $200 Tall Ships: Three-Masted Schooner - Pure Gold Coin

Fourth in the annual Tall Ships series of 99.99% pure gold coins. Unlike the topsail schooner (Coin 3), the type of vessel depicted on this fourth Tall Ships coin doesn’t carry square topsails; instead, a three-masted (or tern) schooner’s sails are fitted in a fore-and-aft line that enables the ship to have a better windward performance. Between 1880 and 1920, hundreds of tern schooners were launched from shipyards throughout Atlantic Canada. Built with a high carrying capacity and smaller crew requirements, the terns supplanted the square-rigged ships as the backbone of the coastal trade by the end of the 19th century, when these were the wind-powered equivalent to the freight trucks of today. HST/GST Exempt. 

The Design:

Crafted in 99.99% pure gold with a mirror-like finish, the fourth Tall Ships coin features a starboard quarter view of a three- masted (tern) schooner, a popular vessel for transporting goods in the late 19th century. The Tall Ships series celebrates the legendary vessels that drew international acclaim for Canada’s shipyards and contributed to our rich maritime heritage.